Victorian fashion

The Victorian and Georgian era are very similar in fashion ideas. Yet they were so different in a variety of ways. Fashion was important during the Victorian and Georgian eras. These eras were crucial and archaic. Comparing and contrasting the two different fashion styles will be helpful to see the big picture of how their culture impacted fashion. As the years passed by, different styles and trends kept changing. It is interesting to see the evolution of fashion from the Georgian and Victorian eras

Introduction The Victorian Era is a remarkable time in history with the blooming industries, growing population, and a major turnaround in the fashion world. This era was named after Queen Victoria who ruled United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from June 1837 until she passed away 64 years later in January 1901.When Victoria received the crown, popular respect was strikingly low. The lack of respect for the position she had just come into did not diminish her confidence. Instead she won the

“She is doomed to her position in society: a slave to fashion, cosseted and striving to be pleasing to men, whatever the cost.” (V&A date unknown?) -V&A http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/c/corsets-and-crinolines-in-victorian-fashion/ Fashion in the victorian era is described here as a moment of restriction for women and therefore a reflection of their place in society. Women’s ability to perform everyday tasks and engage in activities was jeopardised for the sake of the male invention of corsets

Before Research Before the Victorian Era, the main focus of fashion was for men. Women’s’ fashion changed some, but the general idea of long skirts, tight bodices, and heavy fabrics stayed consistent. Real changes to style and fashion were not made until about the 1840’s, when Queen Victoria came into power. After her rise to Queen, the fashions began to change dramatically. Pride and Prejudice is a book written in this time, and the fashion is clearly visible. Looking at fashion of the time can be clear

"The corset is full of paradoxes" (Johnstone, L. Corsets and Crinolines in Victorian Fashion. Available: http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/c/corsets-and-crinolines-in-victorian-fashion/. Last accessed 9th Dec 2015). This statement is true to the complex history of the corset, a garment that has been greatly affected by social, economic and political factors, and that has had a resounding effect on today's society as a result. "The corset expresses contradictory messages: constriction and freedom

Whiskers: A Growing Fashion Prior to the Victorian era, men in England maintained cleanly shaven faces. With the mid-eighteen hundreds came a widespread shift toward facial hair in a multitude of styles (Camellia). The ability to grow whiskers began to be regarded as a sign of manhood. In pictures and photographs from the era, it is rare to find a male, past the age of manhood, depicted without facial hair in some capacity. As the century continued, the preferred style of facial hair grew progressively

Victorian Dress Alexander Mcqueen once said, “It’s an era in fashion-There are no rules. It’s all about the individual and personal style, wearing high-end, low-end, classic labels, and up designers together.” In the Victorian Era there was a lot going on especially for the rich. If you were rich you had glamorous tea parties and nice clothes, shoes,hair, makeup and everything else that rian had to do with your body. If you were poor you did not have the glamorous lifestyle or clothes. Women in

it comes to fashion trends what you wear appears to become more important. Reading magazines and watching celebrates on the red carpet are a few ways in which people find out what is popular to dress in something that is will make them fit in and be up to date with the fashion of the time. In the other hand there are people who do exactly the opposite, more specifically those within the Lolita subculture. The Lolita subculture is a Japanese fashion subculture known for its Victorian period clothing

Listen to the fairytales people were told as kids. People lived like that during the 1800’s. In the Victorian Era the literature and the fashion have sculpted some of the most elegant dresses and fairy tales that the world has today. Most clothes the world has today has been influenced by the Victorian times. Wedding dresses, party dresses such as prom dresses and homecoming dresses, all these styles or clothing were influenced somehow by this era. People say that undergarments are so uncomfortable

Fashion constantly changes, its always altered one way or another, there is always a reason for it to change. Either to reveal character and personal tastes, to show status, or the time period when they were born. A prime example of such fashion being the Victorian Era of clothing. Garments in this time period ranged in many styles as the years pass, all of which unique in its own way. Men, women, and children specifically. To begin with, women's appearance in the Victorian era was constantly being